Perform Local Control

Use Adjustment Layers and their Masks to have more control

Russ Burden

Updated July 27, 2016

Many digital files can be improved if an exposure adjustment is restricted to a specific area. A problem arises in that most software programs target global exposure adjustments.

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Originally Published February 13, 2012

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